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• Gray’s Garden
   1748; George Gray II 1725–1800; George Gray III 1757–1800; Robert Gray; George Weed; Associated People: Samuel Vaughan 1720–1802, landscape designer; Location:
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• Landscape gardening
  view on Zotero. George Watterston, “Landscape Gardening,” Southern Literary Messenger 10 (May 1844): 306–15, view on Zotero. George William Johnson, A
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• Gate/Gateway
  gatekeeper. —Elizabeth Kryder-Reid Byrd, William, II, August 9, 1720, describing Westover, seat of William Byrd II, on the James River, VA (1958: 437) “I got
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• Seat
  interpretacion signifyes Kings-howse.” Byrd, William, II, c. June 25, 1729, describing Westover, seat of William Byrd II, on the James River, VA (quoted in Tinling
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• Bridge
  “antiquity to the passage.” His advice was repeated by later writers such as George William Johnson in A Dictionary of Modern Gardening (1847) who recommended
  36 KB (4,966 words) - 14:26, September 1, 2021
• Prospect
  the earliest recorders of American gardens. Travelers, such as William Byrd II in 1733, praised prospects in the natural scenery, and gardeners capitalized
  57 KB (7,849 words) - 15:06, August 13, 2021
• Cascade/Cataract/Waterfall
  she walked through the garden. The question of taste was an issue as well; George William Johnson (1847) noted that a cascade was agreeable “only when properly
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• Hothouse
  frame-work or sashes. But Sir George Mackenzie’s paper on this subject, and his plan and elevation of a semi-dome (Hort. Trans. vol. ii. p. 175.), have materially
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• Eminence
  Enys, Lt. John, February 12, 1788, describing Mount Vernon, plantation of George Washington, Fairfax County, VA (Cometti, ed., 1976: 246) “From hence is
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• Alley
  1737. William Dering, attr., Portrait of George Booth, 1748–50. John Singleton Copley, Rebecca Boylston, 1767. George Ropes, Salem Common on Training Day,
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• Walk
  were accommodated with seats.” Washington, George, February 28, 1785, describing Mount Vernon, plantation of George Washington, Fairfax County, VA (quoted
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• Bower
  occurring either in a garden or landscape. —Anne L. Helmreich Byrd, William, II, 1728, describing the border of Virginia and North Carolina (quoted in Lounsbury
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• Samuel Vaughan
  Biography 73 (1949): 461, view on Zotero. George Washington to Samuel Vaughan, June 20, 1784, The Papers of George Washington, Confederation Series, ed. William
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• The Woodlands
  of the Ice H. Hill walk & direct George to attend to the ripening of the seeds so as to save them. As soon as George has done the above all the exotics
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• Summerhouse
  besides.” Beverley, Robert, 1705, describing Westover, seat of William Byrd II, on the James River, VA (quoted in Beverley 1947: 298–99) “Have you pleasure
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• Greenhouse
  next Sumer.” Washington, George, August 11, 1784, in a letter to Tench Tilghman, describing Mount Vernon, plantation of George Washington, Fairfax County
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• Icehouse
  Body of Ice throughout the Season.” Washington, George, 1785, describing Mount Vernon, plantation of George Washington, Fairfax County, VA (Jackson and Twohig
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• Pavilion
  Plan and Façade of Garden Pavilion, Economy, PA, c. 1830. Robert Street, George Washington Deal, 1834. Anonymous, Garden and Library, Friends’ Asylum for
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• Portico
  describing Riversdale, estate of George and Rosalie Stier Calvert, Prince George’s County, MD (1816: 156) “The establishment of George Calvert, Esq. at Bladensburg
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• Piazza
  August 1848, describing Riversdale, estate of Rosalie (Stier) and George Calvert, Prince George’s County, MD (American Farmer 4: 53) “The main building is 68
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